Mine Warfare S&T Program Overview

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1 Mine Warfare S&T Program Overview Jason Stack, Ph.D. Team Lead, MIW & Ocean Engineering Programs Office of Naval Research MINWARA Industry Day Nov 3, 2015 DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release 1

2 Overview Presentation Outline ONR & MIW Overview and Strategy MIW Applied Research (D&I) Program Currently Executing Efforts FNC Program Future Directions 2

3 MIW S&T Investment Strategy WHY we Invest MCM Goals Decrease the tactical timeline Minimize risk to operating forces Mining Goal: Enable on-demand battlespace shaping HOW we Know Where To Invest Support Naval S&T Strategic Plan Address TOG-approved Capability Gaps Informed by MIWIP IPCLs Community & stakeholder engagement (e.g., wargames, visits, analyses, etc.) WHAT we Seek to Achieve with our Investments Transformation of MIW Linear DTE sequence Slower & manpower intensive Offboard Unmanned Systems Distributed and Netted Autonomy & Automation Parallel / single-pass DTE Faster & less risk 3

4 MIW Applied Research Mine / Obstacle Detection Sensors, signal processing, and ATR Phenomenology, modeling, and prediction Cooperative behaviors and autonomy Performance estimation Mine / Obstacle Neutralization Minesweeping for modern mines Neutralization enablers Mine burial (processes & prediction) Mine burial effects (lethality & susceptibility) Mine Technology Remote control concepts, advanced D&L Modernized minefield theory Special Warfare / EOD MIW D&I is from the red box above Each bullet at left represents an investment portfolio (i.e., not a single project) Sensors, robotics, and neutralization (e.g., no/low collateral damage) Diver technologies 4

5 FNC Program Advanced Sonar Technology Advanced UUV sensors for high clearance rate MCM Sensor fusion to reduce false alarms Long range buried mine detection Volume mine hunting capability Confined area search capability for UUVs VSW mine hunting, including buried Technologies: Integrated Forward Looking Sonar and Dual Frequency SAS Long Range LFBB Sonar VSW Acoustic Color Imaging Sonar FY15/FY16 Demonstration FY16 /FY17 Transitions PMS 406 and 408 5

6 FNC Program Compact Modular Sensor & Processing Suite (CMSS) Compact suite of sensors for single pass detection and real time classification of drifting and moored mines Reduces false alarm rate (FAR) Eliminates post mission analysis (PMA) In situ characterization of the environment Technologies: Advanced 2D and 3D LIDAR Multi spectral Imaging (MSI) and LWIR Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Target recognition / data fusion algorithms Transitions to ALMDS in FY18 Pods for Fire Scout MQ- 8C and MH-60S Fire Scout MQ-8C MH-60S 6

7 Mine Countermeasure (MCM) detect to engage in a Single Sortie Accelerates the MCM timeline Reduces risk to the warfighter Reduces sailor workload FNC Program Single Sortie Detect To Engage Automated UUV Deploy & Retrieve System Technologies: USV based launch and recovery of multiple UUVs for search, identification, and neutralization UUV Charge & Data Download Technologies for an Advanced Expendable Mine Neutralizer Automated UUV charging, data extraction, information processing, and re planning Low cost, expendable UUV for reacquisition & mine neutralization Architecture, autonomy, and automation to enable USV UUV cooperation and overall system supervision by remote operator FY16 Initial Demo FY17 Full demo FY 18 Transitions PMS 495, 406 and 408 7

8 Unmanned sensors, weapons and communications nodes A cost effective battle space shaping system that provides a tactically flexible asymmetric capability to deter and restrict the mobility and access of adversary forces Technologies: Tactical Positioning and Fire Control Remote Command and Control (RECO) Autonomous Threat Discrimination & Localization FNC Program Advanced Undersea Weapons System FY17 Initial Demo FY18 Full demo FY 18 Transitions PMS 495 and 406 8

9 FNC Program Automation of UxV-Based MCM Improved MCM planning tools & Automatic Target Recognition Automated MCM planning/re planning Accelerated sensor data analysis Squadron level performance estimation Technologies: Capability to plan/re plan to desired risk Common operating picture for diverse MCM assets Dynamic asset rescheduling & deconfliction In situ MCM sensor performance prediction Environmentally adaptive ATR algorithms FY19 Initial Demo FY20 Full demo FY20 Transitions PMS 495 and 408 9

10 FNC Program Autonomous USVs for MIW Technical Description 1. Autonomous avoidance of fixed and moving hazards 2. Magnetic mine influence system for use on Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs). 3. Automated underway refueling system for USVs and RMMV. S&T Focus 2. ONR CARACaS perception and route planning autonomy components Warfighter Payoff Magnetic influence sweep payload for USVs with greater magnetic dipole moment per weight than currently possible Underway refueling and data transfer system capable of operating with no personnel on-board platform to be refueled. FY21 Transition to PMS Improvements in area clearance rate via continuation of USV operations during comms dropouts and in SS-3; greater magnetic dipole moment and reduced refueling timelines Enables use of low-bandwidth comms and reduces human operator workload 3. 10

11 Future Directions Mission Area Drivers 1. Many-sortie missions: Fully autonomous intra-sortie but heavy, rich human-machine between-sortie interactions 2. Long-duration missions: Multiple missions & goals per sortie; sortie time >> a priori environment and threat estimates and > system reliability & typical survivability profile Future Capability Areas Systems of systems MCM: e.g., USVs launching & recovering UUVs and coordinating with UAVs to decrease the tactical timeline Environmental characterization: Make more organic & more automated Trust Individual: Will operators use it Institutional: Will establishment field it Novel Platforms (non-torpedo shaped) Optimize platform-payload relationship Modularity, reconfigurability, endurance Future Technology Areas Key Foci: Autonomy, automation, & systems of systems) Performance estimation Environmental adaptation Interactive perception Temporally non-myopic planning / re-planning Warfare domain-specific doctrine modernization (i.e., today s doctrine relies fully on SMEs to instantiate) 11

12 Questions It is not the strongest nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. Charles Darwin 12